mon 14 nov 10.00 pm Caligari FilmBühne

TORO
by Martin Hawie

Germany 2015 84 min German-Spanish original version with English subtitles

Script: Laura Harwarth, Martin Hawie, DoP: Brendan Uffelmann, Editor: Martin Hawie, Production: Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Producer: Laura Harwarth, Cast: Paul Wollin, Miguel Dagger, Leni Speidel, Kelvin Burkard, Christian Wagner, David Hürten

Piotr and Victor are immigrants and prostitutes living in Germany. The former, nicknamed Toro comes from Poland and services female clients; he is strong, disciplined and withdrawn. The latter is from Spain and services male clients; he is addicted to drugs, irresponsible and careless. Despite their differences, the two nurture a profound friendship, and Toro cares about his light-headed and lost friend.

"Entirely shot in black-white, TORO has a real gangster feel. In many ways, it is reminiscing of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s early films (…). This is a very mature and complex film for a nascent director. It never feels amateurish, vulgar or superficial, instead delivering a real blow to the audience in the end of the film, like a bull hitting a torero." (www.dmovies.org)

Biography: Martin Hawie, born in Lima/Peru in 1975, studied Audiovisual Communications in Peru between 1996 and 2000 and then film directing in Barcelona/Spain from 2001 to 2003. In 2011,

he took up a postgraduate degree in screenwriting and feature film directing at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne/Germany. His intermediate diploma project CAMILLE was nominated for the "German Cinema New Talent Award" at the 2013 Hof International Film Festival and won the "Best Student Film Award" at the Mexico International Film Festival. TORO is his graduation film. He currently lives and works in Cologne.

Filmography: 2011 AUF DER SUCHE NACH ANDEREN FARBEN, 2012 AM ENDE EINER NACHT (both short films), 2013 CAMILLE, 2015 TORO

Awards: Special Mention of the Jury within the "New German Cinema Award" competition (Hof International Film Festival, Germany 2015)

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